[meteorite-list] Help with a Gebel Kamil meteorite for sale oneBay

From: John.L.Cabassi <John_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:07:55 -0700
Message-ID: <000001cb48b1$53ad2ae0$a166fea9_at_anitak9bz49jy2>

G'Day Tom
Well that really sucks. But in regards to your initial question. No I've
never dealt off this person before, nor have I heard of this person
before. But that's not to say they're not legit, then again without any
sort of reference or go by, you're pretty well on your own.

Now in regards to PayPal and Ebay, I still haven't been able to wrap my
laughing gear around it yet. But one instance I had was that I was
looking for a part for my telescope. I found the product I wanted and it
was pretty reasonable, below cost and brand new. So I bid on it and won.
Well after several emails, I got no response, so I started to get a
little worried. After 3 weeks and biting my nails, I reached my elbow.
That's when I decided to take action with PayPal and eBay. Well that
went on for a bit, they asked me to submit an email to the person
involved which I did, the person involved emailed back said they were
sorry and that they would refund my money and send me another item. And
I responded, I'm not worried about the refund, just send me the item. If
you can't send me the item, I'll accept the refund. Days passed and
sure enough I had my refund. So I proceeded to work in other areas to
acquire the product I wanted. I found someone that would actually custom
design it for what I needed for considerably less. So I went for it.
The item arrived, it was fantastic. Not less than a week later, I get a
package containing the item that I originally wanted from the same
person. It wasn't new, I think it was a return; but it wasn't used but
it had a few problems which Aussie ingenuity could not fix. So I went
about fixing it. I think it took about 2 hours, but it turned out great;
works great. In fact you can't even tell it from a new product. So now
I'm stuck with two. Got my money back for one but there's nothing better
than having a spare.

So I suppose you'd call this a happy event with PayPal and eBay. But
believe me, it's the only one and I'm not going into the horrors. Tom,
do what I do, trust your gut instinct on weird and crazy things.

Cheers
John
IMCA # 2125

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
Starsinthedirt at aol.com
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 4:41 PM
To: countdeiro at earthlink.net; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Help with a Gebel Kamil meteorite for sale
oneBay


Hi Count, Great to hear from you.

This is getting off topic for meteorites but I thought I would share
that,
as of yet, no one has said they have had any dealings with this seller.

I lost out on a $360 microscope part that was not sent. It was a total

loss for me. Paypal only helps if they still have $ in the account.
If it
is a scam and the account is drawn down before you know the item has
not
arrived (and is never going to arrive), Paypal offers no help.

Tom

In a message dated 8/30/2010 1:35:55 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
countdeiro at earthlink.net writes:
Hi Tom,

I believe this purchase would be covered under eBay's Buyer Protection
Plan. Give it a look.

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536

-----Original Message-----
>From: Starsinthedirt at aol.com
>Sent: Aug 30, 2010 2:38 PM
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Help with a Gebel Kamil meteorite for sale
>on
eBay
>
>Hi list, I am looking at a nice Gebel Kamil meteorite listed on eBay
but
>the seller has 0 feedback and absolutely no history of happy buyers.
>I
>have attached the link to the auction. I was wondering if any of you
know
>this seller and can say anything positive or negative.
>
>I would gladly purchase this example for the price it is offered at
if I
>had some certainly I would receive it.
>
>Thanks, Tom Phillips
>
>
>Auction title:
>
>Egypt, Jabel Kamil new meteorites 480.0 gm wow big sale
>
>
>Auction link:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260657796857
>
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